Oregon comeback comes up short in 7-6 loss at Texas State

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Oregon’s slide continued Wednesday afternoon, as the 23rd-ranked Ducks dropped their third straight game with a 7-6 loss to Texas State at Bobcat Park.

Oregon (15-8) has now lost three consecutive games for the first time this year, though they certainly didn’t concede to the Bobcats on Wednesday.

The Ducks fell behind 2-0 after the first inning, 4-2 after two innings and 6-3 after six innings.

But Oregon attempted to rally in the top of the seventh inning.

Thomas Walker and Connor Hofmann singled to put runners on base with one out and J.J. Altobelli and Aaron Payne followed with RBI hits to make it 6-5.

Texas State answered with a run in the bottom of the seventh to go back up by two, 7-5.

Brett Thomas got the Ducks going again in the eighth, driving a one-out triple off the wall in right center and then scoring on Kyle Garlick’s RBI single.

But that was as close as the Ducks would get.

Oregon outhit Texas State 11-8 and left five runners stranded.

Walker, starting at third in his first appearance since Feb. 19 at Hawai’i, hit the first home run of his collegiate career and finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored.

Altobelli finished his day 2-for-5 with a RBI, while Thomas finished 2-for-4 with a run scored. Hofmann also had a 2-for-4 day with a RBI and run scored, while Garlick drove in two runs on a 1-for-3 day.